When the closure of the refinery was announced last year, the Scottish and UK governments jointly committed £100 million for the local area and pledged to work together on the Project Willow report on the future of the site.
Ms Foyer insisted there was still a “viable option on the table” for Grangemouth, saying the union Unite had proposed to both the Scottish and UK governments that it could be used to become a production centre for sustainable aviation fuel.
She also called on the UK Government to “expedite a decision” on the proposed Acorn carbon capture and storage project in Scotland, and “to make urgent progress on allocating funding for the second round of hydrogen production projects, to help ensure a sustainable future for the wider industrial cluster”.
“The UK Labour Government is also putting £26 million into the Forth Green Freeport, with Grangemouth at its heart, to attract investment and well-paid, quality jobs to the area.
She said the site had been a “key test of whether the Scottish and the UK governments could work together to protect jobs, livelihoods and an entire community”.
